Soundwave
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Katz at this point is likely more interested in Franchise Valuation more than anything. A new GM depending on who it is ...could quite easily sway that answer.
Lets take a look....Carolina changed course 7 or 8 years ago, Florida more recently, Montreal is in the throws right now.
You may be right ...it depends on who the new GM is and it depends on how we do next spring and depends on players outlooks etc. etc......the point being the point you make above is far from etched in stone.
McDavid/Draisaitl are the main reason the Oilers have a sky high franchise valuation.
You guys actually have it backwards ... "winning" doesn't actually increase the value of a franchise that much, having the marquee players does more than that.
Any version of the Oilers with McDavid on it will be worth more than any version that doesn't have McDavid, and if you don't have Draisaitl you don't have McDavid.
Pretty much about as simple as that.
German athletes tend to be a lot lower maintenance too and I get the same sense from Leon. Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA played his entire career in Dallas even when there was a lot of talk on him ditching that team to go play for a higher profile market like the Lakers or Knicks. He never wanted to do that.